In Memory Of
ODENDAAL, IZAK JOHANNES MEYER
Service Details
Age:
29
Date of Birth:
-0001-11-30
Service No:
202918V
Rank:
Major
Unit:
31 Sqdn.
Regiment:
South African Air Force
Date of Death:
1944-08-17
Cause of Death:
Killed in action, 8 crew (1 RAF), exploded in mid-air over Warsaw, Poland while dropping supplies to Polish Home Army Partisans, in Warsaw, Poland, in Liberator B24J Mk VI #EW248
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
1. B. 7.
Cemetery:
KRAKOW RAKOWICKI CEMETERY
Country:
Poland
Additional Information
Decorations:
Mentioned in Despatches
Citations:
LG Sup 17 September 1943 pg. 4131
Son of Dirk Cornelis and Catharina Agatha Odendaal, of Harrismith, Orange Free State. Born Berwick, Harrismith District. On Harrismith War Memorial, Free State
